Israel’s attack on the besieged Gaza Strip has displaced 600,000 Palestinians in the besieged enclave, the United Nations said on Sunday. That number marks a dramatic escalation in the number displaced from Saturday, which the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian...

Lebanese journalist Giselle Khoury died on Sunday at the age of 62 at her home in Beirut after a long battle with cancer. Khoury had been undergoing treatment in hospital over the last two weeks after her condition suddenly worsened, according to reports. She had been battling cancer for...

Medecins Sans Frontieres, or Doctors Without Borders (MSF), is calling on Israel "to show humanity" in the wake of its "ultimatum" to the Palestinian population of Gaza. "Despite Israeli announcements suggesting that there are safe areas for the population trapped in the Gaza Strip, they are in...

For the seventh day in a row, overnight and early morning Israeli air strikes levelled homes atop their civilian occupants in Gaza, killing scores of people. On Friday night and into Saturday morning, the bombardment was concentrated in the areas of Khan Yunis and Deir el-Balah. At least...